Bishop Paul Bradley, Sermon about LENT.
A. Lent is not about me doing it.
-It is about Jesus wanting me
-It is the period to take time to examine what gets in the way with our relationship with Jesus.
B. Temptation
-Went to the desert to contemplate who he was
-Satan tempts him three times
-Death comes to all things sometimes in the future
-Jesus knew what was of life and death
-Satan has no power to convince us otherwise but he can tempt us and convince us
C. Temptation comes with the selection of a few.
Lent is not about me doing it; it’s about Jesus wanting me. It is the period to take time to examine what gets in the way with our relationship with Jesus. What are the things that keep us away from him, how is the relationship going? Temptation is another huge part in this. Jesus went to the desert to think of who he was, what position he holds in our life. Satan tempts Jesus three times but he does not give in because he knew the purpose of him coming on to earth in the first place. It’s not like he could not Just give in but he did not because he loves us and he stood by his decision.
Death comes to all things sometimes in the future. Every living thing must die at some point, and since Jesus came in form of a being, he too must die at some point. Jesus knew what was coming and that is why he was acting the way he was. He knew everything that is there to follow for the prophesy to be completed. Satan has no power to convince us otherwise but he can tempt us. Satan does not have that power, so since he doesn’t have the power, he uses other tactics in order to get us tempted and most if the time we fall for it and there he goes, he won.
In this, our Bishop asked; what in your life will last forever? What are your timeless treasures? What are the destructions you allow? These are simple question but have a lot of weights in them.
These apply to my life very well. Looking at these questions, I correct myself. To do what is right and to be alarmed of the things that can cause me harm. Discovering the destructions that I allow made me aware of who I am now, and what I should be like which are two different things. What are the things that I treasure the
Therefore most??? Questions like these are to be considered and thought of well!!!
By Rose Turuka Kalamazoo Christians High School
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